Since getting back from our long weekend camping trip I've been feeling pretty sluggish and fighting to get up and get a lot accomplished in the mornings. On Friday I finally decided to go ahead and write down what I hoped to get done during my day.
What is it about a list that inspires and motivates to action? Must be a weird personality thing. Here's what I came up with:
The list stuck to the counter in my kitchen so pardon all of the water marks. :)
While I did go ahead and plan out my day from early on - the baby was up at 5 and Ryder was up at 6 - somehow the kids didn't pick up on my get 'er done mentality. Haha! Just a few things to accomplish, seems pretty reasonable, right? Well, those things turned into many more...
1. Breakfast (nurse Lynden, change diaper, take Ryder to the potty, get everyone dressed)
2. Bike Ride (leave, return home to pump up tires, return home to leave Dixie who was terrorizing the neighborhood dogs, finally get home after our ride to find that Ryder has had an accident in the bike trailer - sigh..., another trip to the potty, laundry, get dressed)
3. Pull Weeds (nurse the baby, rescue Ryder's tricycle stuck on the rocks, coach Ryder on where and where NOT to throw rocks, hunt for lizards with Ryder and find a few other creatures instead)
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| Can you spy the camouflage creature? |
4. Wash Dishes, Clean & Clear Counters (shower, make lunch, feed everyone lunch, put Ryder down for a nap, wash one dish, feed a bite of food to Lynden - yes, he's started solids!, wash one dish, wipe that last whole bite that is dribbling down his chin, wash one dish, feed Lynden a bite, etc.)
5. Fold Laundry (change yet another dirty diaper, nurse the baby, pour a 5th cup of coffee, scrub crayon off of the floor, find a full episode of The Pioneer Woman to watch - yes, this is relaxed as I get these days. :)
6. Deep Clean Master Bath (Set Ryder up with water and a snack to 'watch the thumper go boom boom' instead of being scared of the thunderstorm, What?! It's 6 already! Time to make dinner...)
Sometimes at the end of days like these I look back and wonder what I did all day. If you have kids at home, I'm sure you can relate!
As you can see, not so streamline as originally planned. But, at the end of the day, all of the important things got done and these two were just as happy as could be.
I need to remind myself of this often, but for today, my consolation is this:
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Days like this are not a write-off.
They aren't treading water.
They don't keep us from really living life.
They are real life!
So, are you a Mama?
Glorify God.
Are you single?
Glorify God.
Wherever you are,
whatever you're doing,
there - glorify God.
